Sponsorship & Partnerships Manager

Sponsorship & Partnerships Manager – Royal Academy of Arts

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We have a fantastic opportunity to join the RA’s award‑winning Sponsorship and Partnerships team, where we pride ourselves on creating and delivering high‑quality, mutually beneficial, strategic partnerships with organisations such as BNP Paribas, Insight Investment, Creed Fragrances, Sotheby’s and Claridge’s.

We are currently looking for a dynamic and confident Sponsorship & Partnerships Manager to retain and grow corporate sponsorship for the Academy’s world‑class exhibition programme and the RA Schools.

Responsibilities

• Retain and grow corporate sponsorship for the Academy’s world‑class exhibition programme and the RA Schools.
• Develop, nurture and deepen lasting relationships with key corporate partners.
• Research and implement a structured, well‑considered benefit delivery process, while allowing for creative and novel ways of adding value to existing sponsorships.
• Represent the RA at social events, building rapport with corporate partners and promoting the Academy’s mission.

About You

You possess sufficient business development and/or account management experience, ideally with corporate clients. Confident, articulate, fluent and persuasive, you are adept at networking and forging long‑lasting relationships.

Polished and well presented, you are comfortable at social events, unafraid of initiating contact and building relationships with key corporate partners.

You are organised and methodical in your approach to research and business development, following a structured and well‑considered benefit delivery process while allowing for creativity and novel ways of adding value to existing sponsorships.

The Company

The RA dates back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George III to help them establish a society for promoting the Art of Design. Since then, the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists has remained unchanged. Today, we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and fostering a safe, inclusive workplace through training, employee networks and an active employee council.

The Benefits

• Exhibitions and reciprocal agreements with galleries across the UK.
• Enhanced pension with generous employer contributions.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing support, including a virtual GP service and Mental Health First Aiders.
• Agile working – flexible hours and working‑from‑home options.
• RA Staff Council, where your views are heard and listened to.
• Employee Clubs including football, staff choir and more.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Business Development and Sales – Museums, Historical Sites and Zoos